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41. There were no legal

Wed Aug 4, 2021, 12:40 PM

Aug 2021

protections back then. So even the concept of harassment didn't exist much less the ability to file a lawsiut.

The choice was to quit. Or take it.

To ignore our lifelong degradation only makes the silencing so much worse.

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Is there any possibility that Cumo may be innocent? [View all] Nexus2 Aug 2021 OP

about the same as my 5' 10" 240 lb self winning the Boston Marathon dsc Aug 2021 #1

They have email threats so no mucifer Aug 2021 #2

Possibility, yes. Probability, no. no_hypocrisy Aug 2021 #3

40 witnesses testified under penalty of potential imprisonment, to bullwinkle428 Aug 2021 #4

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... ha ha ha ha! PJMcK Aug 2021 #5

Is there any possibility...? kentuck Aug 2021 #6

I think all of that is true. Percy Aug 2021 #32

I still like him. Do a criminal investigation and I may change my mind. pwb Aug 2021 #7

Oh come on. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #8

There is a generational and cultural gap imho Deminpenn Aug 2021 #9

it's the retaliation and the hostile work environment that got to me. mopinko Aug 2021 #11

Where I worked, women Deminpenn Aug 2021 #13

He also grew up in a time when husbands got away with beating and raping their wives. ariadne0614 Aug 2021 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author hamsterjill Aug 2021 #14

I grew up in that time, too kskiska Aug 2021 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author hamsterjill Aug 2021 #21

Please don't minimize the Abuse of Women Mary in S. Carolina Aug 2021 #22

No one was filing lawsuits back then Deminpenn Aug 2021 #28

There were no legal cbabe Aug 2021 #41

Got it! Mary in S. Carolina Aug 2021 #58

Everytime I watch an episode of Deminpenn Aug 2021 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author hamsterjill Aug 2021 #34

Thanks Deminpenn Aug 2021 #39

My reaction is the same watching Mad Men MotorCityBeard Aug 2021 #40

Don Draper would have been old enough to be his father... LeftInTX Aug 2021 #53

He was born in 1957. By 1970, the year he turned 13, PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #26

I started working in a bank in 1970. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2021 #30

I concur. kskiska Aug 2021 #49

While that's true although the 50's ran into the mid-60s, Deminpenn Aug 2021 #31

No..please stop with that LeftInTX Aug 2021 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author hamsterjill Aug 2021 #36

Thank you. Treefrog Aug 2021 #38

EXACTLY! nt Raine Aug 2021 #55

He's 9 years older than I am and your assessment is bullshit. Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2021 #29

Gotta change with the times Polybius Aug 2021 #33

That's true to a degree Deminpenn Aug 2021 #35

I'm the same age as Cuomo. I'm a woman, and this has NEVER been acceptable. Treefrog Aug 2021 #37

I'm Cuomo's age Sur Zobra Aug 2021 #43

It's about power LeftInTX Aug 2021 #45

Yup Sur Zobra Aug 2021 #47

Cuomo is a year younger than me...He turned 18 in 1975 LeftInTX Aug 2021 #44

Nope, not a chance. Phoenix61 Aug 2021 #10

Yes. The AG found these women credible, but I do not. they should have been willing to Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #15

I agree with you. Polly Hennessey Aug 2021 #17

Who said the women would not go "Under Oath"?? Mary in S. Carolina Aug 2021 #24

Biden says he should resign BradAllison Aug 2021 #46

Don't worry Sur Zobra Aug 2021 #48

Yes. This may all be part of a dream that you are having Tom Rinaldo Aug 2021 #16

Anything is possible. 😚 Polly Hennessey Aug 2021 #18

Ouch. Percy Aug 2021 #42

I didn't mean it to be mean, honest Tom Rinaldo Aug 2021 #54

Everyone who had their posts constantly deleted for criticizing Cuomo deserve an apology now ansible Aug 2021 #20

How about you ask those women. Or you can just demean them as overreacting. alphafemale Aug 2021 #23

I don't know them nd have no way to reach them, besides they have said what they think. Nexus2 Aug 2021 #56

There's two ways he could be innocent Bucky Aug 2021 #25

It would mean everyone else is lying and he alone is telling the truth Jose Garcia Aug 2021 #50

I don't know MustLoveBeagles Aug 2021 #51

Thanks. It happens. I think some folks thought I was saying Cumo WAS innocent. [nt] Nexus2 Aug 2021 #57